Jump Start

This week I am not going to weigh myself.  I have all early shifts this week.  5 am and 6 am.  On Monday it's 2am.  So yeah, I know I will only hate the scale those days.  So I will not weigh myself until next Thursday.  So in order for me to do that I need to make sure I am doing good in eating and exercise so I am not disappointed.  Yesterday was a bad day.  Because I am sick with sinus's and today started a cough from the mucus dripping in my throat, it feels like my buds need more flavor.  So I have been going for mostly cooked food.  It really is true that your taste buds change when your sick.  I just never thought of it until this time.  I used to think I was craving junk.  Anyway, I am starting RIGHT NOW!!  I am not going to give in.  It's 2:17pm.  Yes I already gave in several times this morning but no more.  I have a completely messy room.  I am gonna wash my clothes and put stuff away.  And then I wasn't gonna work out at the gym cause it's hard to breath with this sickness and it hurts my throat to breathe so hard.  So I was just maybe gonna do some yoga or something at home.  But I saw my room mate(Crystal) at home for 1 minute and she asks me to come walk on the treadmill with her in a couple of hours.  YAY!!  I am gonna get my workout for today.  Yesterday I went on the treadmill for 10 minutes(walking/running) and the reclining bike for another 10.  Then 30 minutes in the sauna.  Trying to get rid of this stuffiness.  Plus I like the results the last trip gave me.  

Recipes

This morning my weight was 273.2
I tried a new recipe, tweaking a few things.  It was oatmeal with orange.  You use orange juice, I just squeezed my own.  And add other things.  I forget.  But I added some yacon powder and chocolate powder.  It was ok, I couldn't eat it all cause it was so much.

And this next thing I just made today.  It was my own throwing together.  So as you may have read...I have been sick.  Had a Fever(that picture of me walking is true...I really was pale and looked sickly all day) and now I have a sinus cold.  And I was going to make veggie broth and flower/poach some eggs into it.  Well then I decided I should add broccoli.  And then I saw my shrimp and added that.  It was delicious!!

Post #1 - Hiking

ON Thursday morning I was 273.0
So I am going to do two posts this day.  Just so they aren't too confusing.  Yesterday I was gonna hike with my "Hiking Buddie".  I have a "Walking Buddy" too but she is visiting her daughter in Canada so that has been on hold.  Anyway, since it's Spring Break, Our hiking trip turned into 6 people.  It was loads of fun.  We went to the Columbia Gorge and hiked a trail close to Multnomah Falls.  Here are some pictures from it.

There was still one more I wanted to put on here that my friend took but I have to wait until she sends it.

Yesterday & This Morning

So to begin with, my weight yesterday morning was 276.2!!  Very exciting.  And then around 11 am.  I was noticing that I was having a head ache.  And then I realized that I was having more symptoms that meant I had a fever.  I am not sure how many people get this but when I was younger I always knew I had a fever when I breathed out hard, my front bottom teeth would hurt or feel cold.  Anyway, I was having that and that's what gave it away.  Then I realized I had a fever.  I read somewhere that you shouldn't take anything when you are having a fever because the fever is your body's way of getting rid or a virus.  So I didn't take anything and was only gonna if I felt like the fever was endangering me.  But, it didn't.  I worked my 6.5 hr shift and then was gonna work out cause I thought the sweating might help.  But then my body said, "no, I want to lay down."  So I went home and laid down.  And then I called my momma and we talked a bit about what we could do.  And then it hit me that I could go in the sauna and sweat that way.  So that's what I did.  I had to make the temp go to 240 degrees Fahrenheit before my body would even sweat.  And luck for me that we have a sauna at our apartment community building so I didn't have to drive anywhere.  I came home and chilled, catching up on some TV episodes.  My room mate told me about a show named Doctor Who.  It's fun to watch.
  And then I was alseep by 10:30 pm.  I was really worried about my weight going up since I wasn't able to work out...But I got on the scale this morning and it said 273.6.  How awesome is that.  I sure if great to see the scale go down 3 lbs in one day.  Now I am not sure what made it do that.  I didn't eat that much yesterday.  I went to the sauna and sweated out poisons.  Lots of reasons.  I am only hoping I don't gain them all back.  I didn't have a fever this morning...Actually I woke up at 2:20am and knew it was gone.  But I do have a small headache every now and then.  Plus my sinuses are a bit clogged.
So I had to go drop off the car today at the car shop.  There are somethings wrong with my brakes.  And I decided to walk home since was kind of right around the corner and this way I could get my workout even though I don't still feel so well.  It took me 45 minutes.  I put on some pictures so you could see how far I walked.  It was about double the length of what you see in the picture.  I think I might do it again to get the car.  I will have to see how it works out.

The bottom picture is the road I already walked. 

Workout clothes

 

So here is some pictures of the clothes I bought.  The white shorts are still a bit too small but I am sure they will do fine in another 20lbs down.  And the white striped ones fit fine and I actually already used them.

Today I went and worked out again for 1.25 hours.  Sometimes I see friends from the church at the gym.  Last night I saw someone but she was coming in right when I was finishing.  And today another girl came in as I was leaving.  It's nice to see friends. 

There is a young 5 year old I know that has cancer.  Sometimes I go there to help the family out and the little girl has really warmed to me.  They also have 3 other kids who also seem to like me.  So every night when the girl is home they have to give her a shot of blood cells to boost her immune system and they always pray that it will go into her body and make her healthy.  Now don't laugh - when I was working out last night I began to say a small prayer that this workout would do well for my body to lose weight.  I know it's all an earthly thing but there is a verse that speaks about asking God with a pure heart and he will give me the desires of my heart.  That is something I have been working on lately in other areas of my life too.  Anyway, I got on the scale this morning and it was back to 277.8!  I am glad for that.  I am sure there were many factors in that, like I weighed myself at 8:20am instead of 4:30am.  Anyway, I am not giving up...I am pursuing.   Oh and while I was at this girl's house I saw myself the mirror and took this picture.  Now keep in mind, these are my skinny jeans and they are too big and I have to wear a belt with them.  Hee hee.  

still.....

The scale was not my friend today either.  It's so easy for me to be really frustrated.  I know I can't stop working out.  Nothing can come from that.  So what I did was go to the gym for 1 hour and 40 minutes!! The longest I have worked out.  I did 25 minutes on the bike, 20 mins on the treadmill, and 20 on the elliptical.  This included weight training first and then stretchings too.  I hope the scale is nice to me.  I have a feeling that I was weighing so early might have something to do with it.  Probably Fat Chance though.  I have to keep doing Green drinks too.  How could that be bad for me?  I am hoping also it's just all muscle gain and nothing else.  I notice my thighs are really being worked lately.  It's hard work for me to get my heart rate to 154 on the bike.  I can barely pedal then cause the bike gets tougher.  So I set it to 133 and it changes to keep it around there.  I was sweating for sure.  And I have no problem getting it to 154 when I walk/run on the treadmill.  The elliptical can keep it about 140 pretty steady.  Maybe I am just so out of shape...
Anyway, when I came home I drank my green drink, which I added Coconut oil cause it burns fat.  I drank maybe a glass and my stomach was feeling weird.  Almost like I was going to be sick.  But it could be cause I pushed myself so hard.  I know there is stomach flu going around.  I really hate throwing up.  Hope  I am not getting it...  ok, night all.

Disappointed!

That picture is how I feel about today's weight.  I popped back up to 180 today.  ARGH!!!  I hate when that happens.  I just wanna keep losing even if it's not even a whole pound.  It might have something to do with me having to weigh at 4:30am.  I had to be at work at 5am.  But I didn't like it one bit.  I worked out hard yesterday.  I just got back from working out and I had to blog real quick before I forget everything. But I have to get to work at 5am tomorrow too.  Hope the scale likes me better tomorrow. I have barely eaten anything today.  I have been sipping on my green drink all day.  Then just now I ate a veggie burger(made with oatmeal, rice etc.).  I am not going to get too distraught though.  I am not gonna stop working out.  But I will press through.  I like to weigh myself every day so I can be prepared to know how I should do it that day.  But maybe I should change it to every other day.  Don't know...I'll see.  I am trying to cut down on my fat count though.  I have been eating almonds and cashews but maybe I shouldn't eat too much fat.  Even though I know it's good for me...I just seem to lose weight faster if I just don't touch it.  Man I just want to lose 10 more pounds and then rejoice in that.
  I went to a place called "Daisy Maze".  It's kind of a consignment store(cheaper) but also people can bring their clothes and get a small profit.  Well a friend told me she found some workout stuff, which I was talking to her about.  So I went there after work, before working out, and I found 3 things.  I have gone down a size!!!  I could fit into the 22 items and I was having to wear 24.  I haven't tried on new clothes for a while.  I also bought some shorts that I am sure will fit better if I lose 20 more pounds.  They will be perfect for summer running.  Also a pair of leggings I will trim cause they have a diamonds on the bottom.  But they were cheap and comfy.  Almost too big and they were size XL.  Interesting road I am on.

The Day of Getting Motivated

So, my day today...I didn't exercise.  I kept my calorie intake low.  And I drank almost a whole pitcher of green drink.  I also went out to eat.  Usually once a week I go to this Thai Restaurant and get some sort of shrimp dish.  I always chew some Papaya Enzymes after to digest everything.  But I don't consider it Fast Food because it's mostly vegetables.  But it is fried.  Anyway, the scale this morning said 177.0 so I lost .6 lbs.  I am happy about that.  I really don't wanna go to work tomorrow.  I have to work a full 9-5:30 shift and then the youth meeting in the evening...then I have to get to work at 5am the next morning.
The last week I have noticed that I have to wear my belt with most of my jean clothes.  Last weekend at the sister's conference I had to with both my jean skirts.  I have never really worn a belt cause none of them where every big enough for me to wear but I did find one before Christmas time that I cold wear on the first notch.  Well last week I used the second notch!  And today I used the 3rd notch.  I took a picture so you could see the difference and mark that it made when wearing it before.
Today I got a really geared up mind.  I caught up on the "Heavy" episodes.  If you want to know what I am talking about go to aetv.com/heavy .  And I searched tons of graphics online that I could use on this blog.  Then my photography streak came out and I experimented with some pictures.  By the way, is there are any photographs on here, they are taken by me.  I never use other peoples pictures for my websites.  The graphics and paintings are not by me.  OH, but I just got motivated to maybe paint a motivational picture.  I do that as a hobby sometimes.
  So back to "Heavy".  I was watching an episode where a girl said her moment when she realized her weight was too much was when she went to New Zealand and she wanted to tour the Lord of the Rings set but it was a 4 hour horse ride.  A trainer there said something to the effect that she thought her weight was too much to do it.  I totally remember a time when I first came to Salem.  I went to Montana and we went to Glacier National Park and we wanted to go horse riding.  But the lady there said there was a weight limit and I believe I weighed about 250 at the time.  So we went White Water Rafting instead, but I am a chicken and stayed in the car the whole time the others went.  I still had a very enjoyable time.

  But I have been thinking alot on what motivates me to lose weight.
I notice I have more energy.  I am happy the way I am.  I don't lack in self esteem.  But I realize that being over weight does hinder me from doing lots of things.  Some things are that I worry if I'll fit into the roller coaster at the amusement park or how well I will be able to get my seatbelt on when I go on a plane.  When I am the weight I should be, I won't have to thing ahead at stuff like that.  I can just do it without even thinking about it.  I did get on a horse once when I was 15.  It was more like a pony and it scared me how high they really were.  I have ridden them before but when I needed help from someone else cause I was too young.  Anyway, I better get some sleep.  I AM SO DREADING WORK TOMORROW!!

Scales

I was at a friends house tonight and when I was in the bathroom I noticed a weight scale that turns.  Analog?  Anyway, I suddenly realized that my weight was low enough for me to actually be able to use it if I wanted.  Most scales like that do not go above 300.  That was a cool discovery.
Today I got my fitness magazine for April!  I love getting this magazine cause it has cool ideas for working out and helpful hints.  
I am working hard on not eating after 8 o'clock.  I am told by someone that your body likes to stop burning fat when the sun goes down...something like that.  Plus then my scale will be lower tomorrow.  I had a good day today, drank my whole green drink, eat a little every few hours, and did a whole hour of working out.  I have to start bringing a small towel to wipe my face while working out.  I am really breaking a sweat.  I saw Scott again today.  It was just a wave hello.  Funny seeing him twice in a row when I have been going there over a month, usually the same time, and I hadn't seen him before.  Oh well, sure is nice to see a familiar face.  It reminds me that I am not working alone in the world.  Kinda brings me back to reality.  It's easy to get caught up in  life and how things are but it's good to stay in a zone of, "take each moment and use it to how God wants you to".  Know what I mean?  Anyway, have a good night or day...which ever.   OH, by the way, my scale said 277.4 this morning!!  And what do you think of my girl lifting her weight on the right?  I loved it. So I had to add it.

Just a Small Update that turned into a Big Update

8:40pm
So today I went to the gym...

I was totally in this room by myself and was taking a picture and a guy came in...so I decided to be bold and take the picture anyway, my body is trying to cover him up, haa haa.  I ran into Scott B. while I was at the gym.  He actually surprised me cause I was running on the treadmill and then I noticed this guy was standing right beside me and not going away.  So I look over and it's him.  HAA HAA.  I laughed so hard.  Anyway, it was nice to see him and he gave me a thumbs up later as he walked out the door.  It was encouraging.
So, this is my usual workout routine...
*30 reps on the leg press
*30 reps on the inner thigh
*30 reps on the outer thigh
*20 reps on the calf's
*30 reps on the under arm
*30 ab crunches
*stretch(my legs mostly)
*15 minutes on the elliptical
*15 minutes on the treadmill(walking and running mixed)
*stretch again
sometimes I add or subtract things if there is someone on the machines I use.


Also, I added a ticker thing on the top of the blog so it can track my weight loss.  Cool huh?  I realized if you click on the picture, you can see it bigger.  Anyway, I am trying to get some pictures on here with some changes of my body etc.  But I want to do like an album thing.  Does anyone have any idea how I can get a link onto this blog to do that?  A link that will go to an album of sorts?

10:40pm
I just got done making my green smoothie.  I did a strawberry, banana, spinach, yacon powder, and raw coconut flakes one.  My room mate bought some containers for us to keep our drinks in.  That's the picture.  And then I also had my room mate take some new pictures of me.  Check them out below.

I have a date and weight on each picture so you can see the difference there.  Just click on the each picture to see it bigger.  There is only a 27 pound difference from left to right but if you look at the arms and face...you can see some weight loss.

And so the last thing.  I found these at work a week ago.  Just never put it on here.  I love Debbie cakes and they came out with a knew one.  I didn't go buy myself some...which was hard.  Be proud, cause I am.

A Much Needed Update

This has been a crazy couple of days.  It's gonna be a lot so hopefully you don't get bored cause each of these things are my keys to success.  Let's start where I left off...

1lb of greens a day

That ended last Friday.  I wasn't completely 100% successful on that but it taught me something....I learned how to make the drink so I like them(add bananas and pretty much fill the pitcher with water).  So I have decided to be really diligent with that.  I noticed my skin clearing up and I really feel good afterwards.  So I have done that starting yesterday.  So far, so good.  I couldn't really be successful with that over the weekend cause I was at Macleay for sisters and conference and I had no blender.  But I made sure to get lots of greens over the weekend so I pretty got the same amount or even more.  They had spinach salad both days.  It was delicious.  

Exercising

I have been doing much better at making myself workout.  I have been doing what my sister told me about working til my heart rate gets to 154 and then keeping it there for 10 minutes.  It's a lot of work to get it up there.  I pretty much have to make my muscles really burn.  But it's a good feeling afterwards.  I find I am pushing myself a whole lot harder.  Before I would slow down the minute it got harder.  And over the weekend I felt like I was making a lot of progress.  Friday night I went to the gym for an hour with my room mate.  Then on Saturday we had line dancing in the feast hall and it really got me sweating and it was fun.  Then on Sunday...well I didn't do anything.  I was gonna start this week with actually getting up at 6am and going to work out but it turns out that some of my work shifts start at 6:30am and there is no way I am getting out of bed at 4am. So, I ended up going at 7pm last night and went on the elliptical and the treadmill for 15 minutes each.  Then I stretched and did some upper body machines.  I can tell that my skin is more flabby cause of those.  Especially under my arm! Which is one of my problem areas.

Eating

I have been cutting down on my portion sizes and also eating more often.  I try not to let 3 hours go by without eating something even if it is only a handful of nuts.  And so  you know now that I do 1 green drink everyday.  It seems to work best to have one for breakfast and then one at night.  When I make one for the next day I drink a glass of that one.  I find I have to drink a glass of the one I make cause my body is pretty much screaming for it. I made one last night with two handfuls of spinach, 6 freshly juiced oranges, 2 bananas, and lots of water.  IT IS THE BEST ONE I HAVE EVER MADE!!  Even my room mate and her mom thought it was delicious.  I am drinking that one right now.  

My Weight

I have been waiting to get to this topic cause it is the one I am so excited about.  I got on the scale yesterday(after not having weighed myself for 4 days) and it said "279"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I have never gotten there yet!  Then...this morning it says 278.6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  How excited do you think I am?  Well times that by 10.  I am finally losing again.  I also did my measurements and they weren't too much lower then when I did them two weeks ago.  But I am not sure how that works out.  I say that because I am flabbier but the skin of still there, so there was maybe only a tiny bit gone at each place.  Anyway, I am so excited...I already said that.  So now I am gonna go.  I just remembered that to take a picture of the scale but I am already dressed and I have eaten so it won't be the same.  But I have it in my memory so I will take a picture of that . Hope everyone has a good day.

Day 6

So yesterday was an in-between day.  I drank a whole green smoothie.  Pretty fast I might add.  It's that 6th day and I had no apples.  So I just had spinach and a banana for the fruit.  I could have added an orange but I know the white stuff would give me a gross texture.  So I also added yacon powder and pomegranate powder and lemon juice.  The pomegranate gives it a nice tang.  But it didn't taste as good.  So I decided I was gonna pretend it was water and I just drank it down like that.  It was alot too.  I have learned to add more water for the texture.  And other than that I ate, cereal(wheat chex) with almond milk(I find I like that better than soy milk) and chocolate powder and a little yacon powder and a banana.  And then I had a salmon patty with a slice of tomato and Parmesan cheese.  Then I also went out to a restaurant with some girls ate hummus with pickled vegetables and pita bread.  I even went and worked out.  But I got on the scale this morning and it was 282.  Blah.  Yesterday it was 281.  Now that my sister has told me that it's good to jog and make my heart rate go to 154 and totally getting on the treadmill today.  If that one at my apartment isn't fixed yet I will be disappointed and have to go 24 hr.  I have decided to use the one at the apartment more so that I can be more motivated to go.  I am happy that I cleaned my room up a little more.  I have two desks in my room and the one is kind of like a half dresser as well.  So I cleaned the papers off that one and organized my vitamins and stuff on my real dresser.  So I am happy about that.  I feel organized in my head too when my room isn't such a clutter.  So I sat down and wrote my goals of my life.  I thought I would share them...and the stuff in the ( ) is the time span I would like to have them accomplished by...
Earthly/Life Goals
*Get a degree in Early Childhood Education(in 2 years)
*Buy a new car I love(3 years)
*Get fit/lose weight(1 year)
*Buy items to make my own fitness room(6 years)
*Buy a house(5 years)
*Buy my own computer(1year)
*Get and stay out of Debt(as soon as possible)
*Start a side Photography Business(8 years)

I don't have any particular order of which to complete them but you can see when I would like to accomplish them.  I kinda feel like I am missing some.  But I know they are somethings like helping other people.  Like I would like to be able to be along in supporting my mom financially etc.  But most of these things take money and I know that know I do the small things I can with what God gives me.  But these goals are for my own happiness and I didn't want to put anything else on the list or it might get really long. lol.  Ok I am totally motivated to start my day.  Oh, and also did another list.   This one isn't a final list.  It was just stuff I could think of off the top of my head.
Fitness/Healthy Goals
*buy my own Vitamix(I have a room mate that has one but I might need my own one day)
*buy my own Juicer(same situation as above)
*Food Processor(I borrow one from a friend right now)
*Cookbook of meals I can eat, that work for me
*Buy a nordic track treadmill(I have researched this thing...it is awesome! Just Google it)
*Have a workout routine and schedule(so I am more likely to do it)
*Buy a dehydrator(more meal options)
*Buy a cheese cloth(more meals options)

OK I have talked your ear off now.  I will blog again about how successful I was today.

Day 5

9:41am - 281.8  so I am a bit happier to see the scale go down.  I definitely think I need to think more about portion control.  I will be updating through the day.  My goal today is to get things in order. I know if things my room or things I need to get done are in order then I am more likely to stick to a diet regimen.  So here goes.

2:22pm - I just got done making a green drink(2 handfuls of spinach, 1 mango, 1apple, 1/2 c of lemon juice, 1.5tbsp yacon powder and 1tbsp of pomegranate powder).  That is a lot more than I usually make.  I made myself drink 3 cups of that size cup you see in the picture.  Like my straw?  I like to drink this with a straw cause it goes right down my throat and I don't really have to think about the texture.  I did add excess water to this as well. Which I keep forgetting to do the filtered water.  Tap water gives me stomach problems.  I just never think about it when I do the drink cause I usually only use the filtered water when I am drinking just water.  Anyway, Some things I got accomplished so far today...

1. Got out of bed and went to the meeting(that's sometimes I problem for me, but getting out of bed in general is a problem for me.

2. Unloaded the dishwasher

3. Made my green drink

4. Loaded the dish washer.

5. Separated my laundry

6. Put a load in the washer

THAT'S 6 things I did today so far.  Now I am going to let myself have some fun game-on-the-computer time while I chill.  I have to make time to go to the gym too.  Maybe my room mate will want to go with me again. Last night all I did was walk on the treadmill at 2.5MPH and at a 2 incline.  I am not sure how they measure that.  I did it for half and hour and then stretched.  It felt good and I was in bed by 12. STAY TUNED!!!

12:07am - ok, i did pretty good today...oh wait, I just remembered I didn't workout today.  But this is what else I accomplished.

1. washed 4 loads of laundry

2. folded and put away 3 loads cause the other load is drying on the rack.

3. ate a salad

4. drank the rest of my green drink

5. cleaned some trash out of my room

6. made a tilapia/quinoa/carrot dinner

7. updated some paperwork

I feel pretty good about that even though there were other things I wanted to do.  I saw in my fitness magazine a ad for a tv series called "Heavy".  I just finished watching the first episode and it was encouraging to watch people lose weight and the good feelings they got from it.  They did intense stuff at a Hilton camp for 6 months.  One boy(age 18) lost 104 lbs.  Crazy.  And the woman lost 86lbs.  So I want to push myself harder to work out.  I saw them doing intense stuff and I am not sure they were worried about gaining muscle.  They worked out 2-3 hours a day....wow...I can't almost go more than 1.5 hours at a time.  So here's to hoping this week goes great.

Day 4

So today I almost got my full dose.  I had a orange and apple in the morning and a green drink for lunch.  Then a salad for dinner.  I think I was about 1/4 short.  But I wasn't that hungry today either.  I have off tomorrow so I am going to be getting everything I need for tomorrow!!  And I also want to run to the store...I keep forgetting to get some strawberries for the drinks.  I also notice if I don't drink my green drink within 4 hours of making it....I don't like it.  The texture seems to get more chunky or something.  I wasn't too happy about the scale this morning either.  Yesterday I was down to 280...which I have not been to yet.  And then this morning I was back up to 283.  GAH!!  I have to be more diligent and fight my cravings etc.  It used to be so easy.  Especially when I was excited to see the scale go down the next day.  Here's to a better weight tomorrow!! 
SIDE NOTE***My room mate just informed me that she has decided she needs to go workout in 15 mins....guess I better join her.  That will make me feel better...even though I don't like working out this late at night(8:56pm)...I almost think it's worthless.  Anyone have opinions about working out later than 9pm?

Day 3

Today was a success!  I had a green smoothie for breakfast.  Then for lunch I had two salad kits.  I was at work for 8.5 hours and I was hungry during that time.  So I bought two salad kits from Salad fresh or something and ate them both.  So there was my full pound for the day.  I was doing some food shopping for tomorrow when I passed my favorite Thai Restaurant(I usually go there once a week).  So I stopped there for dinner and had Pad Thai with shrimp.  I know the best thing would have been to go home with my new spinach and blend a green drink but I didn't.  Atleast I got my dose for the day.  So now I must go to bed early.  Gotta be up by 4am!!!  Then I have Sunday off.  I am excited for that.  Laters.

Day 2 of 1lb a day of greens & updating my workouts

Ok so let's begin with, day 1 did not go as planned.  I'm only saying this because I didn't make it to 1lb of greens.  I really tried.  But I ended up falling asleep at 5:30pm, hoping to get up in an hour,  that hour turned into 6.  Not kidding.  I have been sleep deprived cause of a weird work schedule this week.  But I didn't eat other bad things.
This is my yummy walnut/cranberry salad with raspberry and walnut dressing from Gordon's Own.  I love that brand.

Day 2 went something like this...woke up at 8:40.  Made a smoothie with ingredients I had available.  I even added some maca, yacon, pomegranate and mesquite powder, to my spinach/lettuce and apple with lemon juice "green drink".  I drank half of the pitcher.  I realized that it was easier for me to drink it if I do something else.  It totally worked cause all of the sudden I looked down and my glass was empty.  Then about 11:30 I made a huge caesar salad and added some Spring lettuce.  I ate the whole thing!  Then about 1:30 I drank the rest of the green drink.  I couldn't motivate myself to go to the gym so I did an at home work out from the TV.  I worked up a bit of a sweat.  Then at four I went to Sherah to wrestle around(literally) with the kids.  Ask Sherah, she'll confirm.  So that was a bit more of a workout.  I notice I have more stamina now since I have been working out more.  I had a hug spinach salad that Sherah made for me!!  And I am 99.9% positive that I got my daily dose of greens today.
My green drink...proof

One thing that I love to make is a smoothie with Chocolate Almond Milk, 2 bananas, and Coconut oil.   And then I add something nutritious.  Spirulina is something that doesn't taste very good by itself but it sure is good for you.  If you add it to the right stuff, you can't taste it at all.  When I add it to this drink...yum and it tastes like a chocolate covered banana!  But tonight I was craving something sweet and I had no bananas.  I thought maybe I could add an orange(I love chocolate covered oranges).  So I made it without the orange and a little extra coconut oil and tasted it.  It was very good.  No oranges needed. 

When I was with Sherah it kinda of hit me that I might be starting off too soon with this working out.  I like to run and really get a sweat when I work out.  But because I have so much fat still, I don't want my body to get too much muscle, plus I might not be too happy about the scale not going down.  So I have decided that I am only going to let myself have those hard workouts 3 times a week.  And the other 4 days I will do a mild workout...to where I know I am only burning calories.  I will probably stick to 30 minutes instead of and hour on those days as well.
  Ok, we'll see how this goes.  I better hit the sack.  Working 9-5 tomorrow.  Gah.  I am tired though.

The Third Day & the 1st day

So the scale has not been going down and that disappoints me.  I have been working hard.  So Sherah put on Facebook today, "1lb daily of greens 10-day challenge starting tomorrow! Anyone want to join me?"  So I thought...WHY NOT!!  So I am gonna do that.  Let me tell you... 1 lb is a lot.  I already have a salad made for tomorrow when I go to work.  And pretty much I am planning on eating LOTS of salad and also some green smoothies mixed in there.  I don't really like green smoothies because of the texture but I am gonna really give it my all.  BRING IT ON!!

The other day I made a yummy casserole.  I did change and substitute some thing around but it ended up being delicious.  I just want to share my pic.  It was a Broccoli Vegetable Casserole.

And this next picture is a pineapple/cabbage saute.  It was a bit sweet cause I used a real pineapple instead of the ones in the can.  So next time I won't add as much.

OK, well wish us luck....This is gonna be a 10 WHOLE DAYS!!  I will try to blog every day about what I did.